The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-03
ANARCHISTS IN A RIOT.
THEY ATTEMPT TO PUSH THROUGH A
LINE OF POLICE


LINE OF POLICE
Tho Police Club Them and Carry Four
Bloody Prisoners to the Union MiT Lock-
up-A Mig Crowd Dispersed with Hose
The Town Clerk Reads the Riot Act.
A report reached this city yesterday after
noon that Union Hill was in a state Of riot,
that red-handed anarchy had got possession Of
the town, ana that the church bells had been
rung to summon the people to aid the police.
reporter for The SUN found that Socialists
had turned out to the number Of more than 200
to hold mass meeting to sympathize with the
doomed Anarchists Of Chicago. When efforts
were made by tho police to prevent them they
disputed the ground against the bluecoats and
billies. Their leaders were overcome ar
rested tried before the Recorder, and lodged
In jail to await the action OF the Grand Jury.
The Socialists. many Of them the same that
fought the police In the Gutenberg row, had
been preparing for the gathering for some
time. Late last Friday night they distributed
small bills In English and German announcing
mass meeting OF the working people OF north
ern Hudson county in the skating rink. oppo-
site Ruth's saloon. in Lewis street, Union Hill.
for the purpose OF protesting against the
judicial murder proposed at Chicago" Martin
Hanly and Col Hinton were announced to
speak in English and Mr.. Hasselman and Mrs.
Baudisch in German. At the bottom Of the
poster we're these flaming words:
Citizens. workingmenl In all parts OF tho United
States hear the echo: MOI 1t be that limo
cent men should be judicially murdered The
are uniting In every city and town to protest against
the verdict Of ering and corrupt jury! Lot not
fail to enter veto against this judicial murder Lot
every one of you attend this meeting There is no ex
cuse for your absencel Only coward will remain
home! 1t is the least that do to this rab
BILE Of thieves and murdersrs who rulo you THUS
and no fArther.'
1t was signed The Committee Of the vari-
Gus Labor Organizations" The police heard
Of the proposed meeting on Saturday night,
and they were instructed by Mayor Hansen to
nip 1t in tho bud: but being only dozen men.
day and night force combined, they trembled
at the idea OF encountering several hundred
Anarchists. They called upon the constabu-
larry Of the county. and, with the latter. they
mustered a force of % men.
The Socialists had been restless all Saturday
night. but they began to collect early on Sun
day afternoon in front or Himion's Hall. at
Garden street and Bergen Line avenue. pre-
the mean time one Of their number, with key
in hand, had opened the rink. arranged flags
ws the an
the dSS5Hs' and no Xa'sd s Also %
those collecting there. 1t was nearly z
rnk and od'G bs that the whos tow Sor had
turned out, bl3ckading Lewis street In that
y hf esrfs the ssy ss
pushed them back; Then the Socialists pushed
Tneber. one Of the foremost. got into collision
with Policeman Fssny. Another policeman
pitched sheir ends
but the policemen used their , , clubs without
Rshd BoSrSn with b snfs
The blood issued n If freely from
ionroi the Leaders, r s to the Town Hail. Which
court H Ho@Sse The pocemen lad escaped
The Socialists Still hung about tho rink, and
an entrance when Ferdinand Alters. the Town
Clerk n their mds
time in the towns history.
The townsmsn showed an eagerness to Join
socias a GRADUALLY I've dispersed and divided into
squads to find another place, and some OF the
osef se wsae ks e Ga scecher
vened court in the Town Hall to examine the
prisoners already on hand The village folk
who Couldn't get in had Hilarious time out out.
eide. altogether too boisterous to suit his
Honor.
Here Mayor Hansen came to the rescue with
remedy equal to the emergency. The Fire
Department was called out. and a gusher from
hydrant washed the mob out clean for
radius OF l5o feet Ground. The trial went On
Henry Tueber and Richard Dohrman We're
bound over to the Grand jury in default of
$500 bail each, in default Of which they were
taken to the county jail. Henry Dietrich was
fined $40, and Mr. Wetterly s.. The latter was
not a Socialist, but was intoxicated and got
entangled in the disturbance.
Most OF the rioters live In West Hoboken.
By might quiet was restored. and all the So
In his speech at George Francis Trains
meeting In this city last evening, Col. Hinton
explained that he had seen In the afternoon In
Union Hill a meeting broken up as the Chicago
meeting had been broken up by the illegal ac-
ton Of the police. Behind this was the action
of the Town Council supported by an opinion
given by hound OF prosecuting attorney:
who held that carrying a red tag was an act of
treason to the United States.
one X. Of L. local, and section of the social
istic Labor party. and its object was 10 protest
against the judicial murder of the Chicago
Anarchists. The organized riot by which It
was interfered with was the work of an old
blackguard chief. a beetle browed, dirty. I'M
shaven detective. and burly blackguards In
helmets.
He knew there was as much right and justice
in killing such men for official outrages as in
killing burglar, and he announced that the
Union i'll meeting would be held on Wednes;;
the work Of the police as brutal and cruel.